Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1887-12-01

: white horses pulling the car"
You may be sure thar Mamie narrated
her adventures 10 Redmund whea he
called that night. But Redumnd was g
a sensible sort of a young fellow. and
he merely advised her TO go ahead max
= ing her preparations for the wedding
and to pay no attention to the white
horse and the simpietons who were hav-
ing fun with il. He explained to her
that it was the revival of an old super
stition prevalent among the Greeks that
every time Il person saw red headed
woman he would be certain to find a
white horse ia the immediate vicinity.
ReGmund laughed at her nervousness
and excitement, and rs he kissed her
good night he also pressed his limpid
mustache against the high temperature
of her hot bang and said he wouldn't
have her With any other hair than that
which she now wore.
Of course this comfortad Mamie but
she couldn't forget the white horse-or
the whito mule, either. When she was
alone she sat at her little ebony desk in
the southeast corner of her boudoir,
and let the occurrences of the day float
in upon her dreaming sensesfor awhile,
and then,in 4 paroIysm of petulancy and
anger, she allowed few tears to ebul-
lish and course down the freckled cur
rents OF her cheek
She wiped her eyes. walked up and
down the room once and then took a
seat in the lambent moonlight at front
window. Again the incidents of the
day crowded upon her An intermina-
bic procession of white horses and snowy
mules lodged in and out among the
thousand thoughts that blossomed in her
brain. Tho pendulous swing Of s6me
giant voice seemed to keep up an inces-
SAINT Here she comes" and There he
goes within her hearing, Then field
of nodding red hair lit the horizon of
her vision; then came a dashing caval-
cade of white horses, hundreds of pranc-
ling mules, and between and upon and
around and beneath them were tossing
red heads and the painful vibration of
that voluminous voice, that never chang
ed its monotone and only said, "Here
she comes" and There he goes" After
This came'vacancy and delicIous'sense
of complete rest.
Mamie Navarro slept.
The morning bloomed and brought
her new carei and thoughts. She had
her cards of invitation to send out and
her trousseau to put Ill shape, with
hundred other things that kept her fin
oers and brains busy until that eyentfnl
dav of the wedding Redmund had
called around each night and offered
suggestions as he thought proper and
within the lines of his duty. Nothing
occurred to call halt in the arrange
ments and on the evening OF Septem-
Der % the happy couple stood hand in
hand on the door sill, as full Of therich
consent of rapt hearts as any two bu-
man beings ever were slnco the world
began. ;,
groomsmen and the church was in gala.
dross for-tht-nuptails. 1t is not neces-
sary to describe Nannie's toilet, which
was I'D to the latest demands OF fashion.
Nor is it worth the time or space to de-
vote a paragraph 10 Redmund TO say
how handsome and manly he was as he
led his beautiful bride to the alter
Friends whoI crowded the church We're
heard to say that Mamie was lovely and
the gentlemen audibly remarked that
Re,lmund didn't seem to be bit fright
ened.
The clergyman tied the knot in ortho-
dox style. Hedmund placed the band
of gold on Nannie's finger and the priest
gave them both his blessing. Then the
organ sent forth its sonorous notes in a
joyful march and the sound Of wedding
bells stole through the music. Tho bri-
dial party turned to go. Mamie took
her Redmund's arm-now her own Red
mund forever-and they started down
tke aisle.
Suddenly there was violent clang,
as if somebody had rudely tangled the
wedding bells. Then there was an awful
voice:
"Hereshe comesr' it said at one mo-
ment, and There he goes!" at the next
Here she comesF'
There he goesr'
The terrible words chilled her heart
She turned to clutch Rsdmund's hand,
but no hand was there. She held q
horses hoof By her side, in Redmund's
stead, was a white horse. He stood on
his hind legs With the swiftness oil
fright she looked around. All about
her woro white horses standing on their
hind legs and huge red heads floating in
the air.
SummouinS all the strength she had
and crowdng it into her two lungs she
emitted friYhtful shrek and sank iuto
swcun.
Here, here, Mamie, what'a all this
hollering about'"
1T was Nannie's father who stood by
her side in the lambent moonlight at
the front window, and gave her shak-
ing that was violent enough to eronse
the dead.
Get up and go 10 bed" the parent
continued; what do you want to sit up
at that window and keep people awake
all night with your nightmares"
But. papa. whore is the white horse?' 2
the girl asked. opening her eyes and
trying to understand the situation.
"What white horsc?' Mr.. Navarro
asked, and then slapping his thigh with
chuakle as he remembered himself, he
said: "Oh, yes, | sce;i and, leaning |
over through LOW ftINi buo tpSlt hlhl'O",
he exclaimed: There it is. too; Dr.
Sands old white plug standing in front
of the Aguehone's door"
Mamie looked ont in the moonlight !
and saw the white horse and shuddercd.
1t was The tinkling of tho neighbor's
door bell that had sounded in the eli
max Of her horrible dream.
Tbs rcadoI will, am sure. be glad to
learn that Nannie's dream did not in-
terfere with the real wedding, which
came off on the ODD And she didn't
marry white horse, either, but became
the happy red headed bride OF Mr.. Red
mund Rose.-Globe-D Democrat.
Thoroughly Qualified.
Il hear TINT Billhover has gone out
with a circus as the Modern Samson"
"He has? Wby, | never knew he was